Coming from a Sony Ericsson P900 with Symbian UIQ operating system I've been impressed with the ability to setup shortcuts on the BB Pearl, using either the Home screen shortcut icons or the two customizable side keys. The more I dig into this device the more I find built-in ways to get to most of the most useful applications, so I thought it would be interesting to see what applications you have assigned for quick access using either the 5 Home screen icons or the two side keys.

um... you know theres already a shortcut for keyboard lock built in....

just hold the * key for 1-2 seconds from the home screen. no need to waste one of your 5 shortcuts on it. always thought it was a stupid icon to have anyway. personally i hide it from my apps list altogether.

also its stupid to have a shortcut to the address book! theres a build in shortcut for that too! just hold the green call button from the home screen for 1-2 seconds and you get the address book instead of the call-log.

just thought id pass along the friendly advice to free up some slots for other useful apps

[quote=srotman]um... you know theres already a shortcut for keyboard lock built in....

just hold the * key for 1-2 seconds from the home screen. no need to waste one of your 5 shortcuts on it. always thought it was a stupid icon to have anyway. personally i hide it from my apps list altogether.

also its stupid to have a shortcut to the address book! theres a build in shortcut for that too! just hold the green call button from the home screen for 1-2 seconds and you get the address book instead of the call-log

Sorry I am a real newbie here but I found no way to change the five shortcut icons, how can I do?
thks

if you go onto the App. screen... the first five (un hidden) Apps. are what apear on the home screen...... Just move the ones you want on the home screen into the possition on the App. screen........ Hope this makes sense!